From: Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: stop the "manage with debconf" madness Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 02:58:10 -0500
> > (on the whole) try to make the best job they can of the packaging > > of their programs. > > Anyone can make mistakes. Yes and you can too, further policy can too. > > What is not helpful is when a developer gets a bad case of NOMUS > > (Not On My UNIX System) and goes off on one about how perfectly the > > world would be if everyone agreed with their narrow definition of > > the 'correct' way to do things. The recent /run debate was another > > example of this virulent disease taking hold amongst the vocal > > developer cabal. > > Really a flaw in the NM process. Don't we require peopel to > acknowledge the importance of policy nowadays? I (and Matt too, I believe) acknowledge the importance of policy so ask to correct it if it it is not enough for the recent situation or something, right? 2003-4-21(Mon) -- Debian Developer & Debian JP Developer - much more I18N of Debian Atsuhito Kohda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Department of Math., Tokushima Univ.